In the two weeks since our last report, the NCAA volleyball coaching carousel has been spinning. A couple of indoor teams have head coaches, another has a vacancy, two beach programs announced head coaches, and, to the surprise of probably no one, Olympian Jordan Larson is going to join the Nebraska staff as its third assistant.
DENVER HIRES PENDERGRAST: Megan Pendergast, a long-time assistant at UCLA, Oklahoma and Tulsa, is the new coach at Denver. She takes over a program that saw coach Tom Hogan step down April 6. He missed most of last season with medical issues.
Pendergrast, who was at UCLA the past three seasons, takes over a program that finished 19-12 last season, 12-6 in The Summit League. Denver has been to the NCAA Tournament six times, from 2014-19.
Pendergrast played two seasons at Nebraska before finishing as a libero at Texas A&M. This is her first college head-coaching job.
DARTMOUTH TABS CAMPBELL: The Ivy League school hired veteran Kevin Maureen Campbell, who was at VCU the past three seasons and served as interim head coach in 2022. Campbell’s resume includes stops at NC State, San Diego State, Colorado, North Florida (as head coach) and Penn State. She played at Omaha.
She takes over a team that has never been to the NCAA…
